Taking pictures property house owners have been denied permission to construct a “fairy-tale” fort on their land in Perthshire after officers dominated the proposal went “considerably past” something they might be ready to approve.
Rod and Sheila Flavell of Logiealmond Property west of Harrietfield utilized to Perth and Kinross Council in March for permission to knock down a disused taking pictures lodge home courting again to the 1860s and erect a 3 storey excessive Scots Baronial type construction as a substitute.
Architects working for the pair informed PKC in a design assertion the proposed new construct would include a grand entrance corridor, 10 bedrooms, a kitchen, a eating room, a solar room and a wine cellar within the basement.
Allan Corfield Architects mentioned within the assertion: “To embody the design standards, the constructing has been designed as a single quantity constructing of beneficiant, however concentrated in type [and] proportions [all] to emphasize the rules for the long-lasting construction throughout the nation property’s land when it comes to scale and aesthetic.
“A grand facade is signifying the frontage, while entrance round towers and roofs flanked with turrets intend to melt the massing and support a ‘fairy-tale’ aesthetic of Scottish castles.”
Nevertheless PKC planners have now refused to grant the Flavells consent for the scheme as they reckon the pair haven't confirmed the older taking pictures buildings on the property can't be introduced again into use.
Additionally they say the proposal goes towards steering stating new dwellings must be constructed to an analogous measurement to what they're meant to switch.
Their report of dealing with mentioned: “The proposal is to completely demolish the prevailing taking pictures lodge and exchange it with a considerably bigger dwelling which seeks to attract on the historic context of estates in Scotland with a centre piece nation residence or fort.
“The dwelling is proposed over three storeys in a Scots Baronial design type with crow stepped gable ends and quite a few turret options extending to a most peak of 17 metres.
“The submitted design assertion references a ‘fairy-tale aesthetic’. It's also famous plenty of different buildings throughout the property have not too long ago been permitted in a Scots Baronial type.”
The doc went on: “The Scottish Authorities requires a submission to show that each one choices for the retention of the constructing have been explored which isn't the case with this submission.
“The survey which has been submitted is solely based mostly upon the desires of the applicant to accommodate a considerable dwelling on this website.
“It doesn't present an in depth indication that each one choices for retention of the constructing have been explored.”
The report added: “The Scottish Authorities makes it clear that the size of a brand new dwelling must be much like that of the prevailing constructing which is clearly not the case right here.
“While the positioning could also be able to accommodating a barely bigger dwelling, the proposal is taken into account to go considerably past that which could possibly be accommodated on website given the rise in scale which is proposed.”